Anxiety can be a debilitating illness that impacts an individual on multiple levels. Examining anxiety in both the societal and individual context., this book places it in the context of the music therapy room. . Rebecca Zarate's research on anxiety is illustrated through case studies of anxiety and advanced trauma in young people, which demonstrate both the symptoms and treatment of anxiety. Methods and techniques of working with anxiety in music therapy are provided, with a focus on clinical improvisation. As the very first text of its kind, this book will provide essential insight for any music therapist and student of music therapy working with clients who experience anxiety and related disorders.
Rebecca Zarate is an Associate Professor and coordinator of the music therapy and anxiety lab at Lesley University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Dr Zarate is a music psychotherapist, musician, researcher, and educator of music therapy and the arts therapies. Her research focuses on social anxiety and improvisation-based music therapy with young adults. She serves on the leadership council for Music Therapy Without Borders, and as an editorial board member for the Journal of Music Therapy.
Section 1 Theoretical Basis 1. Music Psychotherapy and The Way of Improvisation 2. The Collective Impact of Anxiety 3. The Social Architecture of Anxiety and Potential Role of Music Therapy 4. Shared Value of Mental Health, Music Therapy, and Sustainable Practices Section 2 Psychological Dimensions 5. Anxiety in Clinical Contexts 6. Attachment systems and Anxiety 7. The Broader Picture: Collective Anxiety as a Cultural Complex 8. Our Bodies and Minds in the Affective Life of Anxiety Section 3: Clinical - Cultural Dimensions of Music, Music Therapy and Anxiety 9. Music, Stress and Anxiety 10. Conceptualizing Musical Environments as an Anti-Stress, Sustainable Movement: Music, Health and Performed States 11. Music Therapy Research and Practice: Anxiety in Context 12. Critical Improvisation. A Transformative Framework in Music Psychotherapy 13. Psychodynamic Assessment and Evaluation of Anxiety 14. Music-Cantered Psychodynamic Evaluation Method 15. The Sounds of Anxiety and Their Meaning: Musical Expressions, Representations and Themes 16. The Sounds of Anxiety: Methods with Children and Adolescents 17. The Sounds of Anxiety: Methods for Working with Adults Section 4: Applied Dimensions 18. Collective Anxiety and Critical Improvisation: A Case Study with a Women's Rights Chorus 19. Critical Improvisation as Arts-Based Research Inquiry into Anxiety: Shaping Transformational Communities 20. Applied Teaching in Critical Improvisation and Anxiety: Expanding the Capacity for the Practice of Music Therapy and Anxiety
Closing a critical gap in clinical and health knowledge, this book addresses understanding and treating anxiety present in clients, through music therapy
